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What plate always subducts?
The heavier/denser oceanic plate subducts the lighter, less - dense continental plate.
What occurs when dense oceanic plates collide with a continental plate?
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
When a more dense oceanic plate sinks under continental plate?
This is called a destructive plate boundary. It occurs due to the fact that the oceanic crust is far denser than the continental crust. As a result it subducts into the mantle and is incenerated. Hope it helped:)
What plate tectonic is the santorini volcano?
Santorini is on the Eurasian Plate near where the African Plate subducts beneath it.
What can form when one oceanic plate subducts under another oceanic plate?
Tectonic
Why do you think the denser plate subducts in a collision?
because the denser plate is always the one that sinks
When 2 plates diverge what happens?
The older denser plate subducts
When an ocean plate collides with a continental plate it does what?
It subducts under the continental plate because the oceanic plate is denser.
What will occur at a convergent plate boundary?
as the plates move towards each other the denser plate subducts into the asthenphere
What plate always subducts?
The heavier/denser oceanic plate subducts the lighter, less - dense continental plate.
When the ocean floor collides with a crustal plate what happens?
it subducts underneath the crustal plate
What occurs when dense oceanic plates collide with continental plate?
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
What occurs when dense oceanic plates collide with a continental plate?
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
When a more dense oceanic plate sinks under continental plate?
This is called a destructive plate boundary. It occurs due to the fact that the oceanic crust is far denser than the continental crust. As a result it subducts into the mantle and is incenerated. Hope it helped:)
When two sections of earths crust collide what kind of boundary is this?
Destructive (Plate) Boundary.Under converging convection currents in the asthenosphere, two plates converge.This is called slab pull.The denser plate sinks, then subducts into the asthenosphere and melt into magma.
What is the relationship between the pacific plate and the Eurasian plate?
The Pacific plate subducts beneath the eurasian plate
How oceanic trench form?
no that's wrong. they are formed when one lithospheric plate meets another and the denser plate subducts into the asthenosphere. the crust melts in the subduction zone and rises to form active volcanoes. The Andes in Peru and Chile formed this way
